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Cold Calling: 21 refreshing retreats in the South that offer a dose of natureâs air-conditioning
A subterranean cave, a chilly river, the highest summit east of the Mississippiâthese destinations are all shivery oases on dog-day afternoons
Photo by John Starrett
Can you even call yourself a Southerner if you donât spend at least a quarter of the year griping about the heat (and donât forget the humidity)? But during a season when the forecast seems permanently set to âscorching,â you can still find pockets of delicious coolnessâand we donât mean the blast radius around your air-conditioning vent.